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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2020Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2020, 9:50 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2020, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2020, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2020-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 293 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2020-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

455 
WUUS53 KMPX 140250
SVRMPX
MNC153-140330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0059.200714T0250Z-200714T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
950 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Todd County in central Minnesota...

* Until 1030 PM CDT.

* At 950 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eagle Bend,
  or 21 miles northeast of Alexandria, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Clarissa around 1000 PM CDT.
  Browerville around 1005 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Clotho.

This includes U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 187 and 208.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4596 9465 4601 9515 4621 9514 4629 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 266DEG 36KT 4614 9506 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
044 
WWUS53 KMPX 140304
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1004 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020

MNC153-140330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-200714T0330Z/
Todd MN-
1004 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...

At 1004 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clarissa, or
24 miles northeast of Alexandria, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Browerville around 1015 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Clotho.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4596 9465 4601 9515 4608 9514 4619 9498
      4629 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 272DEG 29KT 4611 9496 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
943 
WWUS53 KMPX 140318
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1018 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020

MNC153-140330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-200714T0330Z/
Todd MN-
1018 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...

At 1018 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Browerville,
or 23 miles west of Little Falls, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Todd County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4596 9465 4602 9503 4609 9503 4614 9494
      4623 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 275DEG 26KT 4609 9483 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd51 min
Jul 13, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd52 min
Jul 13, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs, Morrison41 min
Jul 14, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs26 min
Jul 14, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Freeborn44 min
Jul 14, 7:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele41 min
Jul 14, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota42 min
Jul 14, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington38 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.